Smoking appliance



March 22, 1932. J. HUNTER SMOKING APPLIANCE Filed April 3, 1930 PatentedMar. 22, 1932 PATENT OFFICE JAMES HUNTER, OF NEWFANE, NEW YORK SMOKINGAPPLIANCE Application filed April 3, 1930. Serial No. 441,320.

This invention relates to that type of smoking appliances in which atubular casing is arranged to entirely enclose the cigar or cigaretteWhile being smoked, said casing being detachably connected to the mouthpiece, and suitable air inlets being provided for supporting combustion,the object of the tubular casing being to retain the ash as it fallsfrom the cigar or cigarette and thus prevent it from being scatteredabout. The object of the present invention is to provide air inlets ofsuch nature as to keep the tubular casing cool during the smokingoperation, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings annexed:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of one form of my device.

Figure 2 is an end view of the outer end of the tubular casing.

Figure 3 is a transverse section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure l is a side elevation showing a modified form of my device, and

Figure 5 is a transverse section 011 the line 55 of Figure 4.

Referring to Figures 1, 2 and 3, designates a mouth piece of anyconvenient form except that it is provided with an annular series oflongitudinal grooves 11 on its exterior, which grooves extend to theouter end of the inoutn piece. Adapted to slidably fit onto the flutedend of the mouth piece is a tubular casing 12, long enough toaccommodate the cigar or cigarette. structed, it will be observed t iatwhen a cigar or cigarette is placed in the mouth piece 10 in the usualmanner and the tubular casing is slipped over the fluted end of themouth piece, the cigar or cigarette will be entirely enclosed, and whilebeing smoked the necessary air for supporting combustion will be drawnin through the grooves 11. The air will then be drawn in at variouspoints around the mouth piece and traverse the tubular casing to thepoint where combustion takes place, whereby the air thus drawn in by thesmoker will be utilized not only to support combustion, but to keep thetubular casing cool. To additionally cool the tubular casing, ifnecessary, the end wall of the tubular casing may As thus conbe providedwith a plurality of fine holes, but the combined area of these holeswill not be sufficient to support combustion since it is desirable, asstated, to draw most of the air required to support combustion into thecasing through the grooves 11. After the cigar or cigarette is smokedthe mouth piece is removed from the end of the tubular casing and thestump is discharged therefrom, and then the mouth piece is telescopedinto the tubular casing for compactness and protection in carrying theappliance in the pocket of the user, this being due to the fact thatthroughout its length the mouth piece 10 is of smaller diameter than theinterior of the casing 12.

In Figures at and 5, the construction is the same except that the openend of the tubular casing is crimped to provide interior longitudinalfrooves 13 instead of providing the mouth piece with grooves.

I claim:

A smoking appliance embodying a mouth piece and a tubular casing havinga fixed closed end-wall at its outer end for enclosing the tobaccoarticle, said mouth-piece being formed of less diameter throughout itslength than the interior of the casing, and air-grooves provided topermit its total enclosure to shorten the appliance for the pocketbetween the mouth-piece and casing and each having a closed terminal atone end, whereby a partial insertion of the mouthpiece into the casingwill expose one end of the grooves to the atmosphere, and a furtherinsertion of the mouthpiece beyond the closed ends of the grooves willclose the grooves to the atmosphere.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

JAMES HUNTER.

